Radio Personality Killed In KC Shooting
• America has been rocked, yet again, by a round of senseless gun violence. Yesterday’s shooting in Kansas City after the Chief’s Super Bowl victory parade killed one person and seriously injured 21 others, including 11 children.
Tragically, the one reported fatality was a popular local radio personality — Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a married mother of two who worked for KKFI 90.1 FM/Kansas City, an independent, non-commercial, non-profit, 501(c)3, volunteer-based, community radio station owned by Mid-Coast Radio Project, Inc. According to the Kansas City Star, Lopez-Galvan is reported to have died during surgery after suffering a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Friends confirmed her death to The Star after talking to family. We also have unconfirmed reports that one of Lopez-Galvan’s sons and two cousins are among the injured.
KKFI confirmed Lopez-Galvan’s death in a statement posted to Facebook that reads, “It is with sincere sadness and an extremely heavy and broken heart that we let our community know that KKFI DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan, host of Taste of Tejano lost her life today in the shooting at the KC Chiefs’ rally. Our hearts and prayers are with her family. We encourage anyone who feels they saw something to reach out to law enforcement at 816-234-5111. This senseless act has taken a beautiful person from her family and this KC Community.”
“She was the most wonderful, beautiful person,” said Lopez-Galvan’s longtime friend, Lisa Lopez (no relation) who also works as The Star’s newsroom executive administrative assistant. “She was a local DJ. She did everybody’s weddings. We all know her. She was so full of life.” [Photo from Facebook]
